WILD BOAR & BABIRUSA

Wild boar (Sus scrofa) and babirusa (babyroussa babyroussa) is the same - the same kind of wild pig. The second difference is in his physical, habitat and habits.
Wild boarLarge boar's head and stocky body. Neck and short legs. Having thick hair hair brown or black.Male boar has a large canine teeth and sticking out. While the boar female does not have fangs.

They are scattered in northern Africa, Asia and Europe. In Indonesia, there are on the island of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara. There was in part brought to Kalimantan and Papua.Wild boar living in forests, grasslands, until near the township. In the forest - the forest near the village, wild boar are considered pests because of damage to agricultural crops.Wild pigs eat anything yg met. They like to eat roots, fruits, leaves, bird eggs, small animals, even dead animals.Wild pigs can dig up tubers and roots from the soil by using his nose. The nose has a slab of wild boar bones and muscles strong so that it can be used to dig the soil surface.Wild boar like bathing in ponds, rivers and mud to cool the body of hot air, because the wild pigs have no sweat glands. Mud also protects the body from insect bites.Boars live in groups. In the group could reach 40 individuals consisting of young male pigs, female and children. Male boars live alone, they've gathered with the group during the mating season.In mating season, male boar fight each other fighting over females. They use the fangs and a body to fight.Once female pig can give birth to 8 tails. At birth until the age of six months, the kids wild boar have white stripes on his body. The lines are slowly lost during their one year old.

Wild boar (Sus scrofa) is the ancestor of wild pigs which lowers hogs (Sus domesticus). Regional distribution is in the forests of Central Europe, Mediterranean (including the Atlas Mountains in Central Africa) and most of the South Asiahingga in Indonesia. He included that includes family Suidae and bushpig Warthog in Africa, the pygmy hog in northern India, and babirusa in Indonesia.Weight boars can reach up to 200 kilograms (400 pounds) for adult males, and the length can reach 1.8 m (6 ft). If surprised or cornered, they can become aggressive - particularly when the adult female is protecting her child - and if attacked will defend itself with its fangs.Wild boar was extinct in Britain in the 17th century, but its population has returned in some places, particularly in the Weald result regardless of the ranch.